Monthly Archives: June 2015

Have you been thinking about selling your business and start a new chapter in your life? You just can’t decide if you are ready? Do you find yourself repeatedly analysing the situation and wishing you know what to do? This means that your brain has detected an abnormality and tells you to either run away Read More

Is your business positioned to take on the challenges of facing a potential buyer? If you put your business for sale, when you want to exit, the chances that you get what you want for it are very slim. You should start planning your exit right at the start-up mode but no later than 3 Read More

Business owners have been known to refer to due diligence as “the entrepreneur’s proctology exam.” It’s a crude analogy but a good representation of what it feels like when a stranger pokes, prods, and looks inside every inch of your business. Most professional buyers will have a check-list of questions they need answered if they’re considering Read More

Warren Buffett famously invests in businesses that have what he calls a protective ‘moat’ around them – one that inoculates them from competition and allows them to control their pricing. Big companies lock out their competitors by out-slugging them in capital infrastructure investments, but smaller businesses have to be smarter about how they defend their Read More